The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-06-18


80 wears statute regulating the LIQUOR
traffic ia Maine, makes the sole OF
wen a glass of sweet cider punish
abb by an imprisonment of sixty
DAY. 1t l. well known from their
repeated acknowledgements that pro
hlbluonisis condemn the sale of liQ-
uors and wine as crime and sin
Bui, the manufacture thereof must
IN their Estimation be still greater
crime ana sin, for were not the LIQUORS
hrTt manufactured, they could not BE-
SOLD. The seller, therefore though
Paruceps crlminis J. not the principal
criminal, TINT distinction belongs TO
the manufacturer. Now, Christianity
- that form of religion OF which
Jesus Christ WI, the founder, and is
the eternal head The record of III.
teachings and of Ills acts /. contained
III volume held by all Ills followers
To be inspired, and called the Bible.
to distinguish il from oil other books
IN III are to be- found all the tenei~ of
Christian faith, belief I'm which l. rs.
s'ntlal to salvation. TO question he
Veraclty of this book is blasphcmy. rs
II 10 b!asphemy TO assAil directly or by
implication the lie and character, as
therein set forth, OF that Being who
was equally and at tho same time both
God and man. But, thi, book. thi.
Bible, most clearly and most posi-.
lively states that Jesus Christ-tha'
God-Mam who established Christi
mity-did, At Il certain wedding feast.
mt place named Cana manufacture
wine for the use and dclecta.,on of
his host and the Wcdaing guests
Prohibition bran..s tho msnutacturc
OF Vine ~ rhine and "a sin: aud
iHr,on Carroll and "l UOu' other par
son, in the state OF Texas assert that
prohibition is right WHAT is thc
sequence: Perhaps nothing OF any
importance i'm the eyes of prolihi
tionl,is but, Christian men and
Christian women of Texas, have YOU
yet read the prohibition amendment
~ the light OF the GibIe. aud are you
willing to accept the consequences ,
To that spotlc-s Being whom me
; acrcd Scriptures charactcriIe ~.
"without sim whom cvcrN member
/ Of be Church of Christ Vencrutcs a..
"Ttr word made 'c-h,' whom all
/ Christians adore H. their God as well
/ "a savior. To thNt most lloN one,
/ prohibition imputes crime. sin And
/ thus, prohibition with .acr'iigiou4
/ Noi.o aud pen arraiugo- God Himself
~ the bar of IA "a criminal
/ Can bH-p hcmy 20 further .
/ True, with their wou'cd con
/ tempt for truth aud honest dealing,
| prohibition teachers and preachers
1 are irving 10 squirm out of the awful
| dilemma into " hich their false politi-
cal doctrine bctrals them necessarily,
/ hy impiously vociierating that the
aIoning mercics wrought by divine
| power at Cana, was s.c ght-oi.hsnd
| trick, a fraud, as Tho beverage manu-.
| featured WAS not alcoholic, icriueutcd
! liquor. but clever grape juice OF
grape water imitation. The founder
OF christianity, then, q trickstcr. Il
"siCc show" charlAtan But the Bible
| ailirms that IL was wine: does The
| Bible lie; How could the Bib" with
truth term ii wine were II not really
aud truly the iermcnted juice OF the
! Crane or come similar fruit? And, oil
| what authority, other than their own
| resolve TO prostitute even the SACRED
word OF cod II necessary TO the car
/ ry1ug out of ttclr tauatlcal views and
/ uupgtriotic purposes. do prohibition.
| lists give the "Iic direct To the iuspir-
/ ed writer's, Furthermore. in corrOh.
| Grafton of the Bible, the wine in ques.
! ton was made a. Cana, "A place ut that
! leiild famous for its nuuiacture. of
/ wine, aud whose -nh4btHuts' w,r,
1 most uudobtcdy perfect counoisseurs
! Those of them present that night at
/ the marriage feast testify that it wAs
/ wine, genuine wine, that WAS furnish.
/ ed hem, by declaring thnt their host
/ ON that occasion differed from the
| custom of entertainers ordinarily, in
rcscryiug his best vine for the last
These faU- amply prove that the
wine manufactured at Cana WAS d
bona Tide wine. and not vile. local
option, "bind Tiger prohibition
graz water dccoction Ou Whicl
horn OF the dilemma, fellow. citizens
Of the prohibition and prohibocrhI
parties, do you prefer impaling your
selves; Tint Christ was not guilty
of that which prohibition holds is 4
crime, and that, therefore, the Bib,C
lies; or that the Bible narrative i,
true IN every particular, and thar
tore, according to pro.
hibition ethics, the divine cad
of christianity ia Il criminal
Whichever be ace ptcd, the same tori
is done Chr,sjianity. Whether tho
character of it's Divine Founder be
attacked. or Inc vcracity of His in,
-pircd witness be impclchcd, the enc
mics Of Christianity are given equa
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